The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts have launched a major collaborative exhibition titled 'A Nation of Artists.' Spanning both institutions, the show features over 1,000 works from 1700 to the present, drawing heavily from the private Middleton Family Collection. It coincides with the reopening of the PMA's newly renovated American art galleries and PAFA's restored Frank Furness-designed Historic Landmark Building.
This exhibition is a landmark event timed to the nation's 250th anniversary, offering a comprehensive survey of American artistic development. It highlights significant institutional investments in gallery renovations and building restorations, while showcasing one of the country's most important private collections to the public for the first time, framing American art through evolving themes of liberty, identity, and power.